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Did former FBI Director James Comey call for the assassination of President Trump?James Comey posted a cryptic message to his Instagram account on Thursday spelled out in seashells: “86 47”“Cool shell formation on my beach walk,” Comey said in his caption.Some interpreted Comey’s cryptic message as a serious threat.86 = get rid of or remove 47 = Trump— Hodgetwins (@hodgetwins) May 15, 2025Secret Service must investigate. https://t.co/paCYJemq79 — Cernovich (@Cernovich) May 15, 2025Former FBI Director James Comey is calling for the assassination of President Trump.“86” means “to kill, to murder; to execute judicially.” pic.twitter.com/7KZfioYHxa— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) May 15, 2025Just...

Sixteen-year-old Linda Wenze went missing from Pulsnitz village, near Dresden, on July 1, 2016. She left her home saying she would spend the weekend at a friend’s house but did not return after that. German teenager Linda Wenzel, who joined the Islamic State group — also known as ISIS — in 2016, and has been detained in Iraq, said she was regretting joining the terrorist organization and wanted to go home and meet her family. Four German women including Wenzel, who belongs to a small town of Pulsnitz near Dresden, were being given consular assistance in a prison in Iraq....

There are really only two data points political insiders always want to know when they learn a new poll has come out of the field: What are the job approval numbers and what do voters say about whether the city/county/state/country is headed in the right direction or is off on the wrong track. Oh, the other stuff is important. But the data from these questions is the very foundation of an officeholder’s existence. The first data point is an officeholder’s job performance rating. Everyone talks about that one. You may have heard much less about the data from the second...

It’s like trying to lose weight by eating Snickers bars or trying to save gas by driving out of your way. It just doesn’t work. When President Barack Obama said the recent “Massachusetts Massacre,” where Republican Scott Brown won election in a heavily Democratic state, was the result of a White House failure to “get our message out,” he spoke in contradiction to what national polling suggests. A recent Wenzel Strategies survey showed that, if given the chance for an election “do–over,” just 44% would vote for Obama for President today. Another 45% said they would vote for an unnamed...

The latest Wenzel Strategies polling shows the wave of GOP ascendancy that started last year and washed over Democratic strongholds in New Jersey and Massachusetts is now on display in Ohio. Kasich’s healthy lead In recent polling, I found that incumbent Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland trails Republican challenger John Kasich by 10 points, 43% to 33%. In prospective U.S. Senate races between Republican Rob Portman, a former Bush cabinet member, and Democrats Lee Fisher and Jennifer Brunner finds Portman leads each by a handful. A few short months ago, Democrats led in all of these races. Polling here reveals a...

The thread at the link is a prime example why you shouldn't try to rip people off over the internet. Some kid just learned a hard lesson. His baby picture is on about page 22. Ouch!

Fritz Wenzel's The Daily Notebook (updated daily; sometimes more often) Tuesday, May 3 CINCINNATI - With the swift confirmation last week of Congressman Rob Portman as President Bush's new U.S. Trade Representative, the race is officially on to grab hold of his seat in the U.S. House. And it has attracted quite a cast of characters. Perhaps the best known is Pat DeWine, the son of the U.S. Senator. He's widely disliked, for a number of different reasons, among them the fact that he just won a seat as a Hamilton County commissioner in November, and is now wanting to...